Nik Wallenda wowed Chicago and the world Sunday with two hair-raising skyscraper crossings — one performed blindfolded — on high wires without a safety net or a harness. “I feel incredible,” Wallenda said at a news conference in a nearby hotel after completing the tightrope...

With its low-slung ranch-style buildings and Old West decor, River Ranch, the state’s largest dude ranch, canters close to the hokey side of the corral, but it does so in a place that’s been authentic cowboy country for 150 years. Visitors can spend a weekend pretending to be Florida Cracker...

Leaves are loaded with chlorophyll, which makes them green. But all green plants also carry a set of chemicals called carotenoids. On their own, these look yellow or orange but they’re invisible beneath the chlorophyllic green of a leaf for most of the year. “The color of a leaf is subtractive, like...

Burning Man is a gathering of free spirits, artists, entrepreneurs — and anyone else who manages to get a ticket. Every August some 60,000 people gather in Nevada’s Black Rock desert to build a temporary city, where there are few rules and there is plenty of room for creativity, seen in people’s...

“If you like muddin’ this is the place to be” These 70 acres are home to Okeechobee Mudfest, billed as the “World’s Largest Mud Party.” The event drew more than 8,000 mud-crazed fans, says Mudfest organizer Debra Sales. Read more about Okeechobee Mudfest.